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Employing & training staff

Access2Employment
If you are looking for new staff, why not get in touch? West Lothian Council's access2employment team can help identify individuals who may meet employer recruitment needs. They have a number of registered candidates keen to move into suitable occupations. Services to employers and jobseekers alike are free of charge.

Access2Employment can also advise on newspaper advertising for staff including costs, industry specific agencies, Jobcentre Plus vacancy sections.

For more information call 0800 0329768, email access2employment@westlothian.gov.uk or Text JOBS to 60777.
 
Jobcentre Plus
Jobcentre Plus aims to be the recruitment partner of choice by offering a professional and modern service aimed at helping you fill your vacancies. They also administer the government's New Deal strategy to help people move from welfare into work

Employment Agencies
To find an employment agency in West Lothian go to our Business Directory and select "Employment Agencies".

Training
For more information on training your staff go to the council's Business Learning Network or see our range of FREE Business Factsheets.

Further Education Colleges
West Lothian has two of Central Scotland's leading Further Education institutions, Oatridge College and West Lothian College.  

Labour Market Information
Key facts on unemployment rates, average earnings, vacancy rates and economic activity are contained in the Labour Market Information pages in the West Lothian's Economy section of this site.

Redundancy Response

There are a number of programs designed to help provide support, guidance and practical assistance to companies who are undergoing restructuring and redundancies.

Redundancy support can be provided by a number of agencies including:

  • West Lothian Council;
  • JobcentrePlus;
  • HM Revenues & Customs;
  • Scottish Enterprise;
  • Careers Scotland;
  • Business Gateway;
  • Other partners include Citizen Advice Bureau and LearnDirect Scotland.

The idea of all support schemes is to assist employees facing the challenge of redundancy. Any employee facing such a challenge needs a ready understanding of career planning and must quickly develop skills such as:

  • completing application forms;
  • creating a winning CV;
  • effective jobsearch strategies;
  • successful interview techniques;
  • investigating learning and retraining opportunities;

Our redundancy services have a wealth of experience working in partnership with employers in delivering a free, top quality service to employees to help them develop these career planning skills. Services are delivered on the client?s premises and can be on a one-to-one basis, in groupwork sessions, or as a mixture of both. It is free, confidential and impartial.

Services include benefits advice, careers guidance, education and training opportunities, local job vacancies, employability and business start-up advice.

For more information contact Fiona Chisholm at West Lothian Council on Tel 01506 777 912 or by e-mail: fiona.chisholm@westlothian.gov.uk.  




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